See The Lagos Street Where Husbands Welcome Their Wives’ Lovers

One man’s meat, it is said, is another’s poison. While many men would go berserk on sighting their wives’ lovers, there is a group of men in Lagos who actually welcome their wives’ sexual partners.

A woman having sexual relation with another man who is not her husband is generally frowned at in most, if not all, cultures of man. It is considered as infidelity and also frowned at by all known religions of man. This, however, is not to ignore the existence of infidelity which is usually engaged in by both parties discreetly.

But in a part of the megacity of Lagos, the above is not the norm. It is actually the other way round. In this part of the city, a new wave of commercial sex activity is fast gaining ground.

Husbands not only know that their wives are prostitutes; they also make available their apartments for their wives to service their clients. Consider this: A woman who does not look like the archetypal commercial sex worker and a man converse by the roadside, a make-shift shop or a kiosk, a bargain is struck, the two of them head towards the woman’s residence.

The woman’s husband observes their approach. He quickly rounds the kids together, makes the apartment look presentable, shoos the kids out of the room and he stays somewhere until his wife finishes servicing her client. Welcome to Majiyagbe Street, via Morocco Road in Shomolu area of Lagos where wives feed their husbands and children from the proceeds of prostitution with the full consent of the man.

Prostitution is not the only vice prevalent in Majiyagbe Street. Banned drugs are also hawked with novelty. However, it is also alleged that suspected stolen vehicles and motorcycles find their way into the area. It is also claimed that small arms are kept with some of the illicit drug hawkers plying their trade in the area.

Reports also have it that most of the customers of these prostitutes are men of questionable character who use the place as hideout after perpetrating their acts. Investigations also revealed that most of the owners of the houses lining Majiyagbe had moved out of the vicinity, but only send their agents to collect rent from the occupants of those buildings.